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A pair of geographical rivals from the Metropolitan Division meet on the ice in search of two points as they collide in the Garden State. The New York Islanders are on the road as they make the trip to face the surprising New Jersey Devils Friday night. New York comes in off a 7-4 home loss to St. Louis in their previous contest Tuesday night. New Jersey blanked Chicago by a 3-0 score at home Tuesday night in their most recent game. In the last 10 meetings between the teams, the Islanders have claimed seven of them though the Devils picked up a 4-1 road victory in the most recent matchup on October 20.
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New York lost for the third time in four games as they were unable to slow down an onslaught of goals from the Blues in their previous contest. The Islanders entered Thursday tied for third in the Metropolitan Division with a 16-11-0 record, 11 points behind the Devils for the top spot. New York is 15th in goals per game as they average 3.19 goals per contest. The Islanders are 5th in goals against per game as they allow 2.70 goals a night. New York is 13th in power play success as they convert 23.8% of their chances with the man advantage this season. The Islanders are 6th in penalty killing as they successfully get through 81.9% of their shorthanded situations this year.
Against St. Louis, New York struggled on both ends of the ice early and their late-game surge proved to be too little, too late in the contest. In the opening period, the Islanders held a 13-6 edge in shots on goal and skated off tied at one after 20 minutes of play. After falling behind 1-0, Noah Dobson tied the game with his eighth goal of the season at 17:52 off assists from Mathew Barzal and Oliver Wahlstrom. The Islanders held a 14-13 edge in shots on goal in the second period but were outscored 2-0 to trail 3-1 at the second intermission. In the third period, New York held a 13-9 edge in shots and were outscored 4-3 to wind up with the loss. After giving up two goals in 13 seconds to trail 5-1, the Islanders finally got going. Zach Parise made it 5-2 with his ninth goal of the year, on the power play, at 5:36 off assists from Josh Bailey and Dobson. Hudson Fasching cut the deficit to 5-3 with his first of the season at 14:43 off assists from Matt Martin and Brock Nelson. Just 21 seconds later, Jean-Gabriel Pageau sliced the deficit to 5-4 with his seventh of the season at 15:04 off an assist from Parise. That was as close as the Islanders would get as they su rrendered a pair of empty-net goals to end up with the loss. Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves for New York, who owned a 40-28 advantage in shots on goal, in the loss. He’s expected to get the start between the pipes in this contest.